SECTION CUT

 

Description: This function will generate line segments along a user-defined UV plane at the intersection of selected lines intersecting the UV plane.  The line section that is created will be included in the CURRENT PART (see PART CONTROL MENU).

 

Usage:

 

1.   DSI prompts:

>      CREATE LOCAL COORDINATES

>      PICK NODE/PT FOR ORIGIN

•    DSI is now asking for a coordinate system to create section lines.  DSI prompts the user to create a local system.  A thorough explanation of how to create a local coordinate system is covered in Local Coordinate System, Section 2.16.

 

2.   Once the desired coordinate system is acquired, it will be displayed on the screen.

 

3.   If the user accepts the coordinate system, DSI prompts:

>      DISTANCE FROM PLANE, W=?

•     Users may now input a distance along the W-axis from origin of the selected coordinate system.

•     Any real value is a valid response.

•     The section line will be created at the distance W in the UV plane.

 

  A section line is defined at a specific distance from the user defined local coordinate system.

 

4.   DSI prompts:

>       SELECT LINES

•            ABORT exits the function without creating a section line.

       DONE will complete the section line and return the user to step 4.

       EXIT completes the section line and exits this function.